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AP – Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the initially time, a major study offers clear prove that it does.
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Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwide (AP)

This product image provided by Genentech shows a vial and package for the cancer drug Avastin. The maker of Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S. Roche's Genentech unit says the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney and brain. (AP Photo/Genentech)AP – The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S.



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This product image provided by Genentech shows a vial and package for the cancer drug Avastin. The maker of Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product distributed in the U.S. Roche's Genentech unit says the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney and brain. (AP Photo/Genentech)AP – The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S.



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This undated image provided by the Fried Lab/UCLA shows a brain MRI with an arrow showing where researchers applied deep-brain stimulation during tests on learning. A painless bit of electrical current applied to the brain helped some people play a video game, and someday it might help Alzheimer's disease patients remember what they've learned, a small study suggests. The game-players had to learn where particular stores were in a virtual city. They recalled the locations better if they'd learned them while current was supplied by tiny electrodes buried in their brains. That strategy may someday help people with early Alzheimer's hang on to many kinds of memory, suggested Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon at the University of California, Los Angeles. But 'this is obviously a preliminary result,'' he cautioned. (AP Photo/UCLA, Fried Lab)AP – People learned best when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a result that may someday help Alzheimer’s patients keep more of their memories.



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This undated photo provided by Shippensburg University shows the vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center that provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.   The pill is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older, and the school checked records and found that all current students are that age or older, spokesman Peter Gigliotti said.  The pill’s availability in a vending machine is so new that state officials aren’t sure whether it complies with rules.  (AP Photo/Shippensburg University)AP – Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the “morning-after” pill by sliding into a vending machine, an thought that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.



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